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1/10/2014 9:39PM

The World Under A Microscope

What do algae and the insides of embryonic mice and bats look like when magnified a few hundred times? To find out, WSJ's Juhi Desai explores some of the winners of a microscopic imagery contest. Photo: Igor Siwanowicz, 2013 Olympus BioScapes Competition

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